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Wednesday, January 05, 2011

The Ballad Of The Cross

The cross on the hill was a beautiful sightOn the days when the sky was most bluish;It stood for the soldiers who gave up their livesWell, except when the soldiers were Jewish.

The cross on the hill, it looked rugged and oldThough the city maintained it as newish;The congressman said that it stood for the deadWell, unless they were atheist, Muslim, or Jewish.

The cross on the hill was a secular thing—That’s a lie, but it kinda sounds truish—The judge said it symbolized service and lossWell, except for the Buddhists, the Hindus, the Pagans, the Jains, the Confucians, the Shinto, the Sikh, the Druids, the Wiccans, Baha’i, Hare Krishna, Zoroastrian, Scientologists, atheists, Muslim or Jewish. Or the religions of the tribal nations who once owned the land the cross is on.

The cross on the hill is religious, of courseSaid a Judge who rejected the woo-ishAnd it can’t be a symbol for everyone thereIf it doesn’t mean Buddhists, the Hindus, the Pagans, the Jains, the Confucians, the Shinto, the Sikh, the Druids, the Wiccans, Baha’i, Hare Krishna, Zoroastrian, Scientologists, atheists, Muslim or Jewish. Or, you know, the indans. Or even Christians who don’t want a symbol, or use a different cross from the Latin Cross, or (fades)